Serious A335 crash in Southampton on 29 September 2009 at 16:55 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle
A Yamaha R6 motorcycle and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A335 in Southampton at 16:55 on Tuesday 29 September 2009. The 33-year-old male rider of the Yamaha R6 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Sep 2009
- Tuesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha R6 and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94019, longitude -1.37771, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swaythling, Southampton, SO18 2HQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009440425112
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 335
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 35
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2018.
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A335 in Southampton, 1 July 2018
6 m awayRef 2018440253476
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A35 in Southampton, 23 March 2011
10 m awayRef 2011440121227
Slight
MG MGF crash on the A35 in Southampton, 2 April 2004
10 m awayRef 2004440SP0173
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A335 in Southampton, 15 January 2009
10 m awayRef 2009440020795
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the A335 in Southampton, 2 September 1997
10 m awayRef 1997440WP0464
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A335 in Southampton, 2 August 1996
10 m awayRef 1996440WP0407
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2009440425112 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 2009.